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Meaning of stopping train | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey.

Examples

“Most of the through Leicester-Birmingham workings are non-stop between Leicester and Hinckley, leaving the intermediate stations to be served by the largely hourly stopping trains between Leicester and Nuneaton.”

“Another view of Ashchurch station on August 18, 1961, with "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46148 The Manchester Regiment restarting a Worcester-Cheltenham stopping train and a Class 4 2-6-0 at the branch platform on a train from Redditch.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

stopping-out stopple Stoppled Stopples Stoppling Stops